Kristiana Avery PhD, MS, BSN
Assistant Professor of Clinical Teaching
- College of Nursing
Email Address:kristiana.avery@cuanschutz.edu
Primary Phone:303-724-8524
Mailing Address:
- CU Anschutz
Education II North
13120 East 19th Avenue
Aurora, CO 80045
Dr. Kristiana Avery graduated from the University of Colorado College of Nursing completing her MS in the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program in 2010 and the PhD - Biobehavioral Science Program in 2020. Dr. Avery has been a clinical instructor with the College of Nursing since 2007 and now joins the College of Nursing as a faculty member.
Dr. Avery's work has focused on mental health across the lifespan including; child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric mental health.
Dr. Avery received the Sigma Theta Tau/Western Institute of Nursing Research grant, awarded in 2017, for her dissertation study Ion Channel Genetic Biomarkers: Diagnostic Capabilities in the Assessment of Bipolar Disorder. Her research focuses on neurogenetic biomarkers in mental health.
Areas of Expertise
- Psychiatric
- Mental Health
- Genetics
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- PhD - Nursing-Biobehavioral Science, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 2020
- MS - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 2010
- BSN - Creighton University, 2004
- BA - Hastings College, 2002
- Colorado License - RN, APRN
- DEA license
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified ANCC
Awards
- STTI/WIN Grant Award for Research